Table 2 Attitude toward cigarette taxation and perceived effective amount of tax
From: Public opinion regarding earmarked cigarette tax in Taiwan
Attitude toward cigarette taxation | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Percentage of support | Multi-logit regression | ||||||||
All adults (n = 3279) | All adults (n = 3279) | Male smokers (n = 803) | Male non-smokers (n = 833) | Female non-smokers (n = 1575) | |||||
Characteristics | % Support | Favor OR | Oppose OR | Favor OR | Oppose OR | Favor OR | Oppose OR | Favor OR | Oppose OR |
Smoking status | |||||||||
   Current smokers | 27.4 | 0.34* | 3.57* | ||||||
   Former smokers | 58.1 | 0.68* | 1.33 | ||||||
   Ref: Never-smokers | 63.1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
Female | 60.4 | 1.09 | 0.89 | ||||||
   Ref: Male | 46.1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
Age | |||||||||
   25–34 | 53.4 | 0.76 | 1.31 | 0.99 | 1.18 | 0.58 | 2.10 | 0.73 | 1.01 |
   35–44 | 56.8 | 1.07 | 1.22 | 1.16 | 1.13 | 0.83 | 3.73* | 1.06 | 0.60 |
   45–54 | 52.3 | 0.96 | 1.00 | 0.94 | 0.73 | 0.45* | 1.37 | 1.30 | 0.78 |
   ≧ 55 | 43.2 | 0.97 | 0.85 | 1.64 | 0.89 | 0.64 | 2.93 | 1.96 | 0.48 |
   Ref: 18–24 | 57.3 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Education | |||||||||
   Junior high school | 41.4 | 1.47* | 1.02 | 1.07 | 0.85 | 2.23* | 1.73 | 1.31 | 0.87 |
   Higher school | 52.7 | 2.02* | 0.94 | 1.32 | 0.98 | 2.54* | 1.11 | 2.17 * | 0.73 |
   Undergraduate or graduate | 71.6 | 3.51* | 0.84 | 1.77 | 0.77 | 4.82* | 1.42 | 4.34 * | 0.62 |
   Ref: Preliminary school or lower | 38.9 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Living area | |||||||||
   Central and eastern area | 49.6 | 0.64* | 0.65* | 0.73 | 0.64* | 0.49* | 0.70 | 0.65 * | 0.61 * |
   Southern area | 48.8 | 0.88 | 1.14 | 1.30 | 1.32 | 0.71 | 0.84 | 0.85 | 1.09 |
   Ref: Northern area | 58.8 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Married | 53.5 | 1.32* | 1.20 | 1.30 | 1.03 | 1.57 | 0.87 | 1.50 * | 2.26 * |
   Ref: Unmarried | 52.9 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Employed | 54.7 | 0.88 | 1.05 | 1.59 | 1.45 | 0.90 | 2.27 | 0.78 | 0.92 |
   Ref: Unemployed | 50.0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Monthly income | |||||||||
   NT $10,000–19,999 | 48.2 | 1.29 | 1.24 | 0.53 | 1.05 | 1.03 | 0.15* | 1.64 * | 1.73 |
   NT $20,000–29,999 | 51.8 | 1.81* | 1.40 | 0.66 | 0.87 | 2.53 | 0.84 | 2.06 * | 1.70 |
   NT $30,000–39,999 | 56.3 | 2.13* | 1.04 | 0.66 | 0.57 | 2.38 | 0.43 | 2.94 * | 1.95 |
   ≧ NT $40,000 | 64.1 | 2.49* | 0.99 | 1.00 | 0.61 | 2.32 | 0.40 | 4.00 * | 2.86 * |
   Ref: <NT $10,000 | 47.0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Monthly expenditure on smoking # | |||||||||
   NT $500-999 | 26.6 | 0.92 | 1.53 | ||||||
   NT $1,000–1,999 | 22.2 | 0.74 | 1.72* | ||||||
   ≧ NT $2,000 | 27.9 | 1.59 | 3.35* | ||||||
   Ref: < NT $500 | 33.5 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||